Clinic Registered Nurse (RN): OBGYN

Description

At MercyOne, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well. MercyOne Northeast Iowa Provides Expert Health Care To Eight Counties. MercyOne Northeast Iowa Provides Excellent, Personalized Care Close To Home To The Communities In The Cedar Valley. With 491 Licensed Beds Between The Three Medical Centers, Each Providing 24-hour Emergency Lifesaving Care, MercyOne Is There For You In Critical Moments MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center, an Area Level III Trauma Center and an accredited chest pain center MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center, Community Level IV Trauma Designation MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center, Community Level IV Trauma Designation With more than 2,500 colleagues, MercyOne is one of the largest employers in Northeast Iowa. MercyOne Medical Group – Northeast Iowa is made up of more than 30 primary care, pediatric, internal medicine and specialty clinics located throughout Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Benton, Butler, Fayette and Tama counties.

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day Shift

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care in outpatient settings
• Responsible for delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Collaborates with physicians, staff, patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members regarding care plans and patient needs
• Communicates and collaborates with physicians, staff, patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members regarding care plans and patient needs
• Educates patients, families, and clinical staff on treatments, medications, test preparation, discharge, and health maintenance; documents education and evaluates understanding
• Maintains documentation accuracy and completeness in EMR: assessments, vitals, symptoms, treatments, medications, education, charges, lab results, histories, and consults
• Maintains and monitors supplies, equipment, medication stock, and office machines; follows maintenance and quality control protocols; reports malfunctions
• Recognizes and responds appropriately to urgent/emergency patient needs and initiates emergency procedures

Requirements

• Active RN License in the state of Iowa; Licensure from other states may be required based on location
• Compact State License acceptable where applicable
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 3 months of hire
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training specific to the population served within 3 months of hire
• Proficient in basic computer skills (Windows environment, web-based navigation, email, MS Office)
• Ability to work with diverse groups of people in a collaborative, shared leadership environment
• Completion of specialty classes or proof of other certifications required for some roles

Qualifications

• Comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment
• Plans, assesses, intervenes, and provides direct patient care using critical thinking and nursing processes (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation)
• Performs comprehensive patient assessments (physical, psychosocial, nutritional, functional, safety, spiritual, cultural, educational)
• Makes nursing decisions based on patient status and care needs
• Administers medications and treatments safely via multiple routes (oral, IM, SC, ID, IV, inhalation, topical, ocular, optic, sublingual, nasal) and documents accordingly
• Assists providers with patient care, phone/mail/fax communications, scheduling, consents, admissions, referrals, and outpatient procedures
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior

Skills

• Collaborative environment
• Comprehensive patient assessments
• Documentation accuracy and completeness
• Emergency procedures
• Interdisciplinary team collaboration
• Medication administration
• Professional behavior
• Quality control protocols
• Safe patient care
• Shared leadership
• Teamwork

Benefits

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Pay

N/A

Schedule

Full time 32 hours a week

Office hours: M-F: 7:30-4:30No Weekends no holidays